Monday, July 20, 2009
WCDS students take school trip to Mexico
Each spring, Wayne County Day School Headmaster Todd Anderson takes a group of students on a trek through several foreign countries. This year, he slowed things down a bit, with an educational twist. The group of 12 -- 10...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
Foundation sets up for family members of fallen crew
An organization with a local chapter has opened a fund for the family of Capt. Thomas J. Gramith. The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, a group established to "provide a dynamic association of like-minded aerial combat veterans who avow...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
Planning Board sets new zoning meetings
The Wayne County Planning Board has placed community workshops on potential zoning back on track months after they were derailed by a maelstrom of controversy. The meetings, the first of which was to have been held earlier this year,...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
Man kills brother in family squabble
PIKEVILLE -- Charges have not been filed in the shooting death of a man by a family member, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said early today. Investigators said Brian Womble, 32, was shot to death by his brother on...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
House fire deemed suspicious
PRINCETON -- The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating a "suspicious fire" at a Luby Smith Road home that was completely destroyed on Sunday morning. Sheriff's Office Capt. Tom Effler said that a home owned by Kevin Berube, at...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
WorkKeys program receives funds for development
Wayne Community College will receive part of a $225,626 grant and has been tapped to lead an eight-county alliance to replicate the success of its WorkKeys job profiling and testing program. North Carolina's Eastern Region announced the grant for ASPIRE,...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story
Heroes come home
A little more than a day after the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base community -- and those outside its gates -- began mourning the loss of two local airmen killed in Afghanistan, the names of the fallen were released by...Published: Jul 20, 2009 1:46 PM Full Story